Barcelona plans new US tour in 2009

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the Barcelona board and the marketing departemnt of the club have decided that Barcelona will again travel to the United States next summer.

Although initially Barcelona seemed to have adopted the strategy of touring one summer in the US and the other in Asia, the team would now for the second consecutive time play some games in the United States.

With Barcelona last summer having played in Chicago and New York earlier this year, next summer Barcelona plans to play a game in Miami. Besides that, Barcelona would also want to play friendly matches in other cities.

By playing in Miami, Barcelona wants to promote the MLS franchise the club wants to set up and that could start playing in the American league MLS in 2010 or 2011. This also means that Barcelona could change its plans - and travel to Asia instead - in case the Barcelona bid is not accepted by the MLS.

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